TNTGross
Elite Member
I got my Equinox 800 Nov 2018 and was amazed at how well it would lock onto a target and give such great VDI #s. It was like having a silver magnet.
As I didn't know much about ML or the EQ 800, I didn't know that they had some issues with the first gen firmware and had come up with a new and improved firmware.
When I did find this out, I got onto the MineLab site to see what version I had. After downloading the new software update, I hooked up my EQ 800 to see what it had. It checked it and told me that I had the newest version. No update was needed.
Well, I don't know if this test did anything or it was just coincidence, but the EQ 800 wasn't the same from that day on.
It was a lot more jumpy and the VDI #'s were all over the place. A new penny would ring up anywhere from 13 to 26 and give every number inbetween. Locking onto a VDI was almost imposible A quater would ring up fine, but every other coin was a mess. Plus, the depth meter was way off on everything. A three inch quarter was showing 8 to 10 inches or deeper. I was digging crazy deep plugs, fishing around in the hole, only to find it in the thick part of the plug.
One thing that realy blew my mind was that the pinpoint was way off. I would find dead center on a target I was trying to find, dig a plug, fish around, find nothing. Knowing I heard a good signal, I would swing the detector over the hole, only to find that the target wasn't in the hole or plug, but a couple of inches to the side.
I thought this was due to me not reading things right or hitting multiple targets and trying to find the wrong one. I wasn't sure what was going on until I did an airtest.
I layed out a bunch of coins and swung over them only to find that the VDI numbers were a mess and the depth on a 4 inch swing was way off.
After a bit of research, I found that you could set back the EQ to the older version, (Roll It Back) then instal the updated version again. In each case, I also restarted my computer and EQ after each update.
After doing the "roll back" and then the software update, I took the EQ outside and swung it over the coins that I had all the messed up numbers on yesterday, and they rang up right today.
Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue?
As I didn't know much about ML or the EQ 800, I didn't know that they had some issues with the first gen firmware and had come up with a new and improved firmware.
When I did find this out, I got onto the MineLab site to see what version I had. After downloading the new software update, I hooked up my EQ 800 to see what it had. It checked it and told me that I had the newest version. No update was needed.
Well, I don't know if this test did anything or it was just coincidence, but the EQ 800 wasn't the same from that day on.
It was a lot more jumpy and the VDI #'s were all over the place. A new penny would ring up anywhere from 13 to 26 and give every number inbetween. Locking onto a VDI was almost imposible A quater would ring up fine, but every other coin was a mess. Plus, the depth meter was way off on everything. A three inch quarter was showing 8 to 10 inches or deeper. I was digging crazy deep plugs, fishing around in the hole, only to find it in the thick part of the plug.
One thing that realy blew my mind was that the pinpoint was way off. I would find dead center on a target I was trying to find, dig a plug, fish around, find nothing. Knowing I heard a good signal, I would swing the detector over the hole, only to find that the target wasn't in the hole or plug, but a couple of inches to the side.
I thought this was due to me not reading things right or hitting multiple targets and trying to find the wrong one. I wasn't sure what was going on until I did an airtest.
I layed out a bunch of coins and swung over them only to find that the VDI numbers were a mess and the depth on a 4 inch swing was way off.
After a bit of research, I found that you could set back the EQ to the older version, (Roll It Back) then instal the updated version again. In each case, I also restarted my computer and EQ after each update.
After doing the "roll back" and then the software update, I took the EQ outside and swung it over the coins that I had all the messed up numbers on yesterday, and they rang up right today.
Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue?